Tiny Slings

[Kain Prestwood]

I have just ended up with two very tiny B smithi slings (just under 1cm!!)

The neigbour wanted them, but we have had a row as she decided she didn't want to pay me after I ordered them for her, so I'm keeping them myself now. Is there a certain way to look after tiny slings?

I have just orderd some micro crickets as the small ones I have dwarf them! I have picked out 2 of the smallest crickets in the box to give them so they should be ok for when the crickets come Monday/Tuesday.

Never seen such tiny slings!

I have also recieved 2 P fasciata...Which has pushed my T count to 37!

Loved Pokies though

Kain

[Colin D Wilson]

Hi Kain,

One thing i've done in the past with tiny s'lings is to squish a small cricket and leave it in over night, normally half gone in the morning.

[Mark Pajak]

Pokies

My P. Fasciata spiderlings are just shedding for the third time - I lost 2 out of five I think because of too much humidity/ stagnant air but the remaining three are doing great in the transparent soup pots you get from tescos, with the pots sat in a bigger container full of damp spagnam moss.

With each moult they are getting faster and stripier!
They aren't aggressive at all but when encouraged they can really move - the legs seem to go faster than the body in a cartoon style blur. They were off microcrickets after the 2nd shed and wil now take small ones no problem.

They seem to really like spagnum moss as a substrate and have burrowed tunnels into it to retreat.

[Robert Farmer]

I use parts of larger crix for slings, cost effective and you can use the leftovers for something with a larger appetite lol

1 large cric can feed 4 slings and a small hors dourve *sp* for a larger sling/juv - and they say I'm not eco-aware...

[Abi Skeet]

so tiny slings will eat a small dead cricket? as we have 3 tiny slings and there is loads of little crickets left over and will probably get to big before the T's do. although that is an insentive to get more slings lol

[Colin D Wilson]

so tiny slings will eat a small dead cricket

Yes, and normally more of it than you think they would be able to!!, you can even use a back leg off a larger cricket as well.

although that is an insentive to get more slings lol

WHY NOT INDEED!!!


Colin

[Larry Shone]

Thats interesting as I didn't realise Ts would eat dead food!

[Robert Farmer]

Yes, they'll find it and eat quite happily, I usually feed my larger spiders a dead pinkie mouse post moult, just to get them into shape.

Not my favoured meal for a T but if I don't have something sizeable then squashed crix are on the menu!

You can even feed some T's lean pieces of raw beef, just in case you wanted to know lol

[Abi Skeet]

Thanks for the advice guys, Just fed my 1cm A. bicoloratum on a sqaushed tiny cricket (it hasnt been eating too well). That was about 2 hours ago. Just checked it and its eaten the lot. I'm so happy its eaten. Thanks

[Abi Skeet]

Oh and also our little N. colloratovillosus hasnt been eating for 2 weeks its just been killing them and leaving them. is it getting ready to moult? Thats the only sign its showing

[Rich.Harrington]

Would nymph roaches be ok as live? JUst thinking they shouldnt pose a danger, or perhaps mealworms?

[J M Clegg]

Hatchling lobster roaches are much better - they don't jump all over the place and they don't eat your sling while it moults.

I feed my slings once a week and leave them pretty much alone. I don't look in every five minutes checking to see if they are alright. Why stress them out and risk loosing them?

[Robert Farmer]

Does it look swollen with a dark patch on the abdomen?

Mine usually leave prey items alone whilst in pre-moult but I have seen some kill prey and leave it - must have intruded to heavily on it's space lol

[Abi Skeet]

Does it look swollen with a dark patch on the abdomen?

Mine usually leave prey items alone whilst in pre-moult but I have seen some kill prey and leave it - must have intruded to heavily on it's space lol

Yep it does have a dark patch however its been like that for a couple of weeks now and was eating fine before. Guess its just a waiting game as to when it will moult.Spends its life sitting in its burrow with his bum poking out lol.